Apostle Simon the Zealot
Saint Simon was from Cana in Galilee, and was known to the Lord and His Mother. Tradition says that he was the bridegroom at the wedding where the Savior performed His first miracle. After witnessing…
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Apparition of the Sign of the Holy Cross Over Jerusalem; Martyrs Acacius and Quadratus
The Precious Cross appeared in the sky over Jerusalem on the morning of May 7, 351 during the reign of the emperor Constantius, the son of Saint Constantine (May 21). At that time the heresy…
Righteous Job the Long-Suffering. Martyr Barbarus (Fish permitted)
Righteous Job The righteous Job, whose name means “persecuted”, God’s faithful servant, was the perfect image of every virtue. The son of Zarah and Bossorha (Job 42), Job was a fifth-generation descendent of Abraham. He…
Greatmartyr Irene of Thessalonica. New Martyr Ephraim
The holy Great Martyr Irene was born in the city of Magedon in Persia during the fourth century. She was the daughter of the pagan king Licinius, and her parents named her Penelope. Penelope was…
Venerable Irodion of Lainici; Martyr Timothy and his wife Maura
Saint Irodion Saint Irodion was born in 1821 in Bucharest and received the name John at baptism. His parents gave him good education and taught him Christian behaviour ever since he was a child. At…
Apostle James, the Brother of Saint John the Theologian
The Holy Apostle James, the son of Zebedee, was the brother of Saint John the Theologian, and one of the Twelve Apostles. He and his brother, Saint John, were called to be Apostles by our…
The Life Giving Spring of the Mother of God. The Syriac Icon of the Mother of God from Ghighiu Monastery (Fast free)
The Life-Giving Spring of the Most Holy Theotokos There once was a beautiful church in Constantinople dedicated to the Mother of God, which had been built in the fifth century by the holy Emperor Leo…
Hieromartyr Simeon, the kinsman of the Lord, bishop of Jerusalem
Hieromartyr Simeon, the kinsman of the Lord, bishop of Jerusalem The holy, glorious, all-laudable Apostle and Hieromartyr Symeon the Kinsman of the Lord (Simeon) of the Seventy, was the second Bishop of Jerusalem, serving for…
(†) Holy Pascha; St. Elijah Iorest, Simeon Stephan and Sava Brancovici, metropolitans of Transylvania; St. Joseph the Confessor of Maramureș; Martyrs Cyril, Kindeas and Dasius of Axiopolis
The service of St. Elijah Iorest, Simeon Stephan and Sava Brancovici, metropolitans of Transylvania, and St. Joseph the Confessor of Maramureș is celebrated on the Bright Tuesday.
(†) Holy Pascha; †) Great Martyr George the Trophy-bearer; †) Venerable Basil of Poiana Mărului; Apostle and Evangelist Mark
The service of Great Martyr George (April 23, Great Saturday) is celebrated on the Bright Monday. Venerable Basil of Poiana Mărului Venerable Basil was born to righteous parents, in 1692, in Russia. Having loved Christ…